Saving Lives Through Medical Research: Alena's Story

When Dr. Marion diagnosed Alena, a spirited 8-year-old, with a rare and incurable genetic disease, she was not expected to live past her mid-twenties. But biomedical research resulted in the development of an enzyme replacement therapy that has saved Alena's life. Dr. Marion is director of the Children Evaluation and Rehabilitation Center at Einstein. (June 07, 2013)